Utah · Rock climbing · Green River

Pine Canyon

Pine Canyon in Utah has 16 climbing routes with 14 difficulty grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.

Pine CanyonPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
16 routes
5.7 – 5.12-
Trad · Sport · Mixed

Best time to visit Pine Canyon

Best months: April–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    40° / 10°

    5 wet · 2 snow

  2. Feb

    47° / 16°

    4 wet · 2 snow

  3. Mar

    58° / 25°

    4 wet · 1 snow

  4. Apr

    66° / 31°

    4 wet

  5. May

    75° / 40°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    85° / 47°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 54°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    89° / 52°

    7 wet

  9. Sep

    81° / 43°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 32°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    53° / 20°

    4 wet · 1 snow

  12. Dec

    41° / 11°

    4 wet · 2 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Castle Dale, UT, 20 mi away at 5,629 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Pine Canyon is a Utah climbing area within the Mexican Mountain Wilderness and the State Trust Lands Cedar Mountain Block, on land managed by the State Land Board. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb here. Typical averages from the Castle Dale weather station, about 20 miles away, run to highs near 75°F and lows around 40°F in May, and highs near 68°F with lows close to freezing in October. July highs average around 91°F, and winter brings lows near 10°F. Pine Canyon Bouldering sits just 0.3 miles away, and Private Pizza Wall is half a mile off. San Rafael Swinging Bridge Campground, about 2 miles away, offers a place to stay, and the Little Grand Canyon Trail starts roughly 3 miles from the area.

Routes (16)

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